Armstrong Circle Theatre

TV Series
1950–1963
1h

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Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.

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Douglas Edwards

Self - Host…

• 1957–1961

Sandy Becker

Self - Host

• 1954–1955

Bob Sherry

Self - Host…

• 1953–1954

John Cameron Swayze

Self - Host

• 1952–1957

Joe Ripley

Self - Host

• 1952–1953

Henry Hamilton

Self - Host…

• 1962–1963

Ron Cochran

Self - Host…

• 1961–1962

Nelson Case

Self - Host…

• 1950–1951

William Prince

Dr. Kryslot…

• 1951–1958

Carl Low

Alexis Rudchenko…

• 1957–1963

Val Avery

Gino Dovelli…

• 1956–1963

Harry Townes

Alex Thornton…

• 1952–1962

Philip Abbott

George Kovaks…

• 1954–1963

Frank Marth

Captain Butler…

• 1957–1963

Alexander Scourby

Abraham Rothstein…

• 1955–1963

William Redfield

Cab Driver…

• 1952–1963

Ed Begley

Louis Giordano…

• 1950–1955

Addison Powell

Coates…

• 1957–1963

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arneblaze

Dean effective in early tv drama

Gene Lockhart stars as an old irishman, longing to win the lottery to return home, in THE BELLS OF COCKAIGNE, a half hour drama, co-starring James Dean. Dean is effective as a young husband and father, who needs money to move to a dry climate in order to aid his ailing son. When Lockhart wins the lottery with a lucky number at the same time, Dean loses his pay in a poker game, Lockhart slips him the lucky lottery number, aiding the young couple as he simultaneously gives up his dream of returning to Ireland. Lockhart is fine. The DVD release of this production states it is an hour long, but it is not. It's 30 minutes. It's paired with the 1957 documentary THE JAMES DEAN STORY.

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In the late 1960s the show was temporarily revived, but not as a weekly anthology series of docudramas. Instead, it presented, over a period of about two years, four special programs, all adaptations of classic Broadway shows. "Brigadoon", "Carousel" and "Kiss Me Kate" all starred Robert Goulet (with different leading ladies), and "Kismet" starred José Ferrer in his only televised appearance in a Broadway musical.